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Item EFFECT OF INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY ON THE PAIN, DEPRESSION, KOOS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OSTEOARTHRITIS PARTICIPANTS(S-VYASA, 2025-08-19) Ved Prakash Yadav; Rajesh NairBACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent degenerative joint disorder, particularly affecting weight-bearing joints like the knee. Chronic pain, stiffness, reduced joint function, and psychological consequences such as depression and anxiety severely affect the quality of life (QoL) in OA patients. (David J Hunter, 2019) Complementary interventions like yoga therapy are gaining clinical attention due to their holistic effects. Yoga’s mind-body approach integrates physical postures (āsana), controlled breathing (prāṇāyāma), meditation (dhyāna), and lifestyle principles that impact both physical and mental well-being. (Carly M Drzewiecki et.al, 2021). Conventional management strategies, such as pharmacotherapy and surgery, offer limited long-term relief and may cause adverse effects, prompting interest in complementary therapies like yoga(Geoffrey M Currie et.al, 2019). Yoga, which includes gentle movements, breathing exercises, and relaxation, has shown promise in reducing pain and improving mood and physical function in people with knee osteoarthritis there is growing interest in complementary approaches such as yoga which combines physical postures, breathing technique , meditation and lifestyle education (Deepeshwar S et.al, 2018). Yoga may work by lowering inflammation, improving muscle strength and balance, and calming stress responses in the body(Bandita Adhikari et.al, 2022) Yoga, a non pharmacological treatment approach, has been recommended for osteoarthritis by an international osteoarthritis clinical guideline in 2019 and some studies have also proposed yoga as a beneficial practice for people with arthritis AIM: This study was aimed at observing the effect of an integrated approach of yoga therapy on the pain, depression, Koos, and quality of life in osteoarthritis participants OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: To assess the effect of IAYT on; ● Pain associated with the osteo arthritis condition ● Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome Score ● Depression ● Quality of life METHODS: Participiants: Subjects (n = 46) identified with osteoarthritis, meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria were recruited from the Arogyadhama (a holistic yoga hospital, practicing integrated yoga therapy, associated with S-VYASA) section treating osteoarithritis. Design: This was a single-group pre–post study involving 46 participants diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Assessments: In this study, we assessed variables like Pain, Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome Score, Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Quality of Life. Intervention: Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT) for two weeks with one month follow-up. RESULTS: Significant improvements were observed in pain levels (p < .001, d = 0.935), depression (p < .001, d = 0.892), anxiety (p < .001), stress (p < .001), and environmental quality of life (p = .024). KOOS subdomains like knee symptoms, sport and recreation function, and daily living activities also showed marked improvement. However, no significant changes were observed in the physical, psychological, and social domains of QoL, or pain-related QoL scores. CONCLUSION: The integrated approach of yoga therapy significantly reduced pain, depression, anxiety, and stress among participants with osteoarthritis, alongside improvements in specific domains of the KOOS and environmental quality of life. However, no significant changes were observed in the physical, psychological, or social domains of overall quality of life. These findings suggest that yoga may serve as an effective complementary therapy in managing osteoarthritis symptoms and improving certain aspects of well-being, although further research with larger samples and control groups is warranted to confirm and extend these results. KEYWORDS: Osteoarthritis, yoga, quality of life, psychological wellbeingItem Effect of pranayama and ayurvedic treatement on arthritis(S Vyasa, 2015-12-19) SHAMNA, T. V.ABSTRACT Background: The aim of this study is to measure the effect of combined ayurveda and yoga therapy on osteoarthritis (OA) disease activity, pain and associated insomnia. Subjects were recruited from among OA patients in Calicut corporation government dispensary, Kerala by clinical diagnosis as experimental group. The control group is recruited from a medical camp conducted by Arogyamithram Ayurvedic and Yoga medical centre, Palath, Kozhikode Kerala. Pain disability questionnaire, Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale, Numeric pain rating scale, Verbal pain intensity scale and Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating scale are documented. On the first day of yoga session along with Ayurvedic medication and after giving the same for experimental group and on the same days for the control group also without giving yoga and Ayurveda. The sample size of experimental group is 25 and control group is 24.At the end of the study we observed a significant reduction in pain, disability and insomnia in experimental group and there was an increase in pain, disability and insomnia in the control group. These findings assist the idea of implementation of yoga along with Ayurveda in osteoarthritis treatment. The previous studies on arthritis shows that yoga practices along with Ayurveda in Osteoarthritis patients lead to significant reduction in pain, disability and improvement in sleep quality. Aim: To study the effect of combined Ayurveda and yoga therapy on osteoarthritis. Methodology: The experimental group samples are recruited from government Ayurvedic dispensary, Calicut, Kerala and the control group samples are taken from a medical camp conducted by Argyamithram Ayurveda and yoga medical centre and anugraha charitable trust, Calicut, Kerala .The sample size of experimental group was 25 and control group was 24. Result: Paired sample t-test showed significant reduction in pain and disability in experimental group ,but slight increase in pain and disability in control group. There was a reduction insomnia rating scale in experimental group and increase in control group which are statistically not significant. Conclusion: One month of yoga practice along with Ayurveda in Osteoarthritis patients lead to significant reduction in pain, disability and improvement in sleep quality. Similar studies with large sample size and randomized sampling should replicated to confirm the consistency of results.Item Effect of pranayama and ayurvedic treatement on arthritis(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Shamna, T. V.Background: The aim of this study is to measure the effect of combined ayurveda and yoga therapy on osteoarthritis (OA) disease activity, pain and associated insomnia. Subjects were recruited from among OA patients in Calicut corporation government dispensary, Kerala by clinical diagnosis as experimental group. The control group is recruited from a medical camp conducted by Arogyamithram Ayurvedic and Yoga medical centre, Palath, Kozhikode Kerala. Pain disability questionnaire, Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale, Numeric pain rating scale, Verbal pain intensity scale and Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating scale are documented. On the first day of yoga session along with Ayurvedic medication and after giving the same for experimental group and on the same days for the control group also without giving yoga and Ayurveda. The sample size of experimental group is 25 and control group is 24.At the end of the study we observed a significant reduction in pain, disability and insomnia in experimental group and there was an increase in pain, disability and insomnia in the control group. These findings assist the idea of implementation of yoga along with Ayurveda in osteoarthritis treatment. The previous studies on arthritis shows that yoga practices along with Ayurveda in Osteoarthritis patients lead to significant reduction in pain, disability and improvement in sleep quality. Aim: To study the effect of combined Ayurveda and yoga therapy on osteoarthritis. Methodology: The experimental group samples are recruited from government Ayurvedic dispensary, Calicut, Kerala and the control group samples are taken from a medical camp conducted by Argyamithram Ayurveda and yoga medical centre and anugraha charitable trust, Calicut, Kerala .The sample size of experimental group was 25 and control group was 24. Result: Paired sample t-test showed significant reduction in pain and disability in experimental group ,but slight increase in pain and disability in control group. There was a reduction insomnia rating scale in experimental group and increase in control group which are statistically not significant. Conclusion: One month of yoga practice along with Ayurveda in Osteoarthritis patients lead to significant reduction in pain, disability and improvement in sleep quality. Similar studies with large sample size and randomized sampling should replicated to confirm the consistency of results.Item Effect of intensive integrated approach of yoga therapy on osteoarthritis of knee(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Singh, MandeepBackground: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent of the chronic disease and is a leading cause of pain and disability in most countries worldwide(Ort, 2002). Objective: To see the effect of IIAYT program on pain, sleep, physical activities, ROM, and 50 fit walk test in patients of osteoarthritis of knee. Design: single group longitudinal pre-post study Setting: study was conducted on thirty patients with KOA in residential health care centre, Bengaluru, India, between the period of march to june2014. Intervention: IIAYT combines the practices intended to act physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual level and includes yoga postures, breathing exercise, internal cleansing techniques, meditation, national correction, counselling and devotional sessions along with Naturopathy, Physiotherapy, and Ayurveda for one weak. Outcome measures: WOMAC, flexion angle, 50 fit walk test, VAS, and PIRS. Result: showed significant change in WOMAC (p<0.001) from 0.48±0.14 to 0.38±0.14 with 17.52% change, in Wong-baker face scale (p<0.001) from 6±1.39 to 3.40±1.40 with 43.33% change, in Visual analog scale both side right and left (p<0.001) from 6.07±1.8 to 4.00±1.34 &4.87±1.89 to 3.00±1.49 with 34.06% &38.35% respectively change, 50 fit walk test is showed significant change (p<0.001) from 14.32±3.72 to 12.24±2.76 with 14.48% change, and insomnia index is also showed significant (p=0.027) from 0.39±0.12 to 0.36±0.13 with 8.87% change. Other parameters like: flexion angle, quadriceps strength, and quadriceps weight are shown trend of improvement but not significant. Conclusion: IIAYT improved WOMAC (pain, stiffness, and physical functions), Insomnia index, 50 fit walk test, and VAS within the one week. Further RCT is needed to conform these results.